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Checklist for Order Mecoptera Hyatt & Arms, 1891 (Hanging flies)
and region USA (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1098
25856
148294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1092
25818
148242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
999
25344
146344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
566
19996
121239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Mecoptera
Hyatt & Arms, 1891
Hanging flies, Hangingflies, Scorpion flies, Scorpionflies
25
140
560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for USA
25 Families width 560 Species and 146 Subspecies
#ABCDEHILMPRSV
Anormochoristidae Tillyard, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Bittacidae Handlirsch, 1906Hanging scorpionflies18SpeciesTaxom
Boreidae Latreille, 1816Snow fleas15SpeciesTaxom
Ceratophyllidae Dampf, 1908Bird Fleas184SpeciesTaxom
Cimbrophlebiidae Willmann, 1977Hangingfly2SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophthalmidae Rothschild, 191595SpeciesTaxom
Dinopanorpidae Carpenter, 19723SpeciesTaxom
Eomeropidae Cockerell, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Eorpidae Archibald & al., 20132SpeciesTaxom
Hystrichopsyllidae Tiraboschi, 1904Insectivore fleas48SpeciesTaxom
Ischnopsyllidae Wahlgren, 1907Bat fleas18SpeciesTaxom
Leptopsyllidae Rothschild &..., 1915Bird fleas29SpeciesTaxom
Lithopanorpidae Carpenter, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Meropeidae Espen-Petersen, 1921Earwig-flies1SpeciesTaxom
Mesopsychidae Tillyard, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Panorpidae Linnaeus, 1758Common scorpionflies64SpeciesTaxom
Panorpodidae Byers, 1965Short-faced scorpionflies6SpeciesTaxom
Permochoristidae Tillyard, 19184SpeciesTaxom
Permopanorpidae Tillyard, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopolycentropodidae Handlirsch, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Pulicidae Billberg, 1820Cat fleas32SpeciesTaxom
Pygiopsyllidae Wagner, 19396SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalopsyllidae Oudemans, 1909Marsupial fleas10SpeciesTaxom
Stivaliidae Mardon, 19782SpeciesTaxom
Vermipsyllidae Wagner, 1889Carnivore fleas6SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Mecoptera with occurrences in USA
SuborderAneuretopsychina
Rasnitsyn & Kozlov, 1990
2
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderEumecoptera
Tillyard, 1919
2
4
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderNeomecoptera
Hinton, 1958
1
3
15
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPistillifera
Willmann, 1987
8
17
98
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderSiphonaptera
Latreille, 1825
Flea, Fleas
10
110
434
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyAnormochoristidae
Tillyard, 1926
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyLithopanorpidae
Carpenter, 1930
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)
Mecoptera (Hyatt & Arms 1891)


Links, sources and further information
Mecoptera at artfakta.se
Mecoptera at dyntaxa.se
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at gbif.org
Mecoptera at irmng.org
Mecoptera at itis.gov